Label the Continents and Oceans – Map Activity

Name the seven continents and place each one correctly on a blank world map

Locate and label the oceans in relation to the surrounding continents

Describe where a continent lies using compass directions rather than pointing at it

Draw the equator across a map and identify the major continents it crosses

Compare continents by size, picking out the largest and the two smallest

Follow the assembly order the file gives — print on card stock, laminate, then cut — because the labels are handled repeatedly once the map runs as a centre

Match the fastener to the age group: the notes say Velcro dots work well, magnets require the map on a cookie sheet, and blue poster putty is easiest but younger students tend to play with it

The assembly page suggests running more than one copy for centre time, study hall or ESL and ELL groups, so build several sets while the laminator is already out

Question 1 asks for three main oceans; if your class works with the five-ocean convention, agree which three are meant before the sheet goes out

The map-marking sheet needs a ruler as well as markers, since one direction is to draw the equator line

Continent identification — students place seven cut-out labels from N.AMERICA to ANTARCTICA onto their correct positions on a blank world map.

Locating oceans — ocean labels are cut out alongside the continents, and the marking worksheet directs students to label the oceans on their own copy of the map.

Using compass directions — two questions ask what direction Asia and North America can be found in, and the marking sheet asks students to label North, South, East and West.

Working with the equator — students draw the equator line with a ruler and then name the major continents that lie on it.

Reading a map for comparison — questions ask for the largest continent, the two smallest, and the two continents that share a name.